In Liberia, a gold boom leads to unregulated mining and ailing rivers
The waterways that frame the town of Sam Beach in Liberia’s Rivercess County once served as a lifeline for local people, providing them with fish as well as clean water for drinking, cooking and washing. But that was decades ago. Today, more than 1,000 gold diggers, six licensed mining concession holders, three brokers and two […]
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